Belnǝng (Belneng, Bǝlnǝng, Belning, Bɨlnɨng) is a West Chadic language of Shendam LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria closely related to Angas. It is spoken by about 500 people in the single village of Langung, which is surrounded by Tal villages in the east and Miship villages in the west (Blench 2017).Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages. It is documented in Blench & Bulkaam (2019).Blench, Roger & Michael Bulkaam. 2019. "Belnǝng, an undocumented Chadic language of Central Nigeria." Manuscript. Jos, Nigeria.
Lexicon Some Belneng names of plants and animals: Belneng name Belneng name in IPA English name Scientific name bǝbar bə̀bāɾ house bat Scotophilus spp. ɓip ɓíp grasscutter Thryonomys swinderianus ɓwaar ɓʷāːɾ yam Dioscorea spp. dashim dàʃīm monitor lizard Varanus exanthematicus ɗiin ɗìːn fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus fwem fʷɛḿ African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer goktaa ɡɔ́ktáː black and white-lipped cobra Naja melanoleuca subfulva gwan ɡʷàn cocoyam; taro Colocasia esculenta kaap kāːp baboon Papio anubis kǝn kə̄n buffalo; bush cow Syncerus caffer kut kút crocodile Crocodylus niloticus kyek kʲɛḱ porcupine Hystrix cristata lǝshim lə̀ʃìm leopard Panthera pardus lututut lútūtūt Senegal coucal Centropus senegalensis mer mɛɾ̄ rock python Python sebae mfǝt ɱfə̀t mosquito Anopheles spp. mura mùɾá jackal Canis adustus nakwom nàkʷɔ̄m francolin; bush-fowl Francolinus spp. ngaan ŋàːn spitting cobra Naja nigricollis nigricollis ngwanglang ᵑɡʷàŋlàŋ millipede Iule spp. njolong ⁿʤɔ̀lɔ̀ŋ mason wasp Belonogaster griseus nkalǝng ᵑkàlə́ŋ pied crow Corvus albus nkamu ᵑkàmù hyena Hyaena hyaena nkiikii ᵑkīːkíː praying mantis Sphodromantis phyllocrana nlang ⁿlāŋ lizard Agama agama nwup ⁿwūp giant rat; pouched rat Cricetomys gambianus paap pàːp red-flanked duiker Cephalophus rufilatus pit pìt patas monkey Erythrocebus patas pupur púpūɾ hedgehog Atelerix albiventris shangkǝn ʃáŋkə̄n wall gecko Gekkonidae shomgot ʃɔ̀mɡɔ̀t dassie; rock rabbit; rock hyrax Procavia capensis shwishwen ʃʷīʃʷɛn̄ aerial yam Dioscorea bulbifera shwom ʃʷɔ̀m guinea-fowl Numida meleagris tanglap tàŋlàp nightjar Caprimulgus spp.
References